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"If civilization flourishes in this century, It will have been because of the will of ~1,000 dudes in SF, LA, and D.C." (twitter.com)
submitted 1 year ago by elmtonic@lemmy.world to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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That's it, that's the tweet.

Almost feel bad posting because there's a good chance it's engagement bait, but even then there's a good chance he unironically believes this.

He has a startup by the way, check his pinned tweet.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just like really don't want to click that link.

Can you screenshot or give more context?

[–] elmtonic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There's no more context - title is the entire tweet. But here's a screenshot of a short conversation under the tweet:

[–] 200fifty@awful.systems 11 points 1 year ago

we can only hope that nothing continues to happen everywhere else. our only hope is to contain the infection to SF, LA, and DC before it's too late

[–] maol@awful.systems 10 points 1 year ago

I reflexively downvoted this post because that tweet/reply is so appalling.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Peak narcissism.